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Should Pierre-Edouard Bellemare be centering a line that should be expected to produce offensively or should he be playing where everyone expected him to be on the fourth line, where the offensive production isn’t as necessary as it is with the third?
For the fourth straight game, the Flyers got off to a slow start in the first period. They recovered from it again with a small outburst of offense in the second period, but failed to capitalize on special teams chances when they had a chance to put the game out of reach.
The Flyers struggled to get offense going against a tight-checking and strong defensive team in the Anaheim Ducks, and fell in the home opener, 3-2, on Thursday night at Wells Fargo Center.
A celebration is in store as the Flyers finally make their debut at home after three games on the road. Prior to the start of the home opener, the Flyers will celebrate the start of the 50th anniversary season in front of the home fans and pay tribute to founder and chairman Ed Snider against the Anaheim Ducks.
October 19, 1967, the Flyers took the ice for their first game at The Spectrum in Philadelphia and claimed a 1-0 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Flyers, at one point, struck for four straight goals and tied the game early in the third period. That was just one of the many parts of a road trip filled with learning experiences for a young Flyers team that, despite a 1-1-1 record and back-to-back losses, is on the rise.
The Blackhawks got out to a 4-0 lead and carried it late into the second period. The Flyers answered with four goals to even things up in the third. But it wouldn’t be enough as Chicago struck again midway through the third to reclaim the lead for good in the Flyers 7-4 loss to the Blackhawks on Tuesday night at United Center.
The final game of a season-opening three-game road trip commences on Tuesday night for the Flyers as they face the Chicago Blackhawks.
Flyers fans may not have had much to cheer about in the last four years with only two postseason appearances, both of which ending in the opening round, but one thing the fans can always count on as a blessing is the franchise’s current captain.
A four-goal second period, two of them from Sean Couturier, lifted the Flyers in their season opener over the Kings, 4-2.
